Professional teachers in fun environment in real China, highly recommend!!

I attended Culture Yard's HSK6 course and was blown away by my teacher's ability to teach us characters. We take the time to let new characters and grammar structures sink in by using them in many examples so they're ingrained in our memories. But the teacher does it in a way that's not repetitive, dense or overwhelming. She introduces us to cultural and historical origins of the characters, shows us articles and tv shows where we see what we've learned in action, and gives us A LOT of opportunity to practice in class (we ONLY use Chinese in class..no English, people!!!) Two hours go by really, really quickly. I

It also really helps that Culture Yard hosts events to tie the language and culture together. I took an awesome calligraphy workshop, attended movie nights, joined dinners hosted by the school, hiked the wild Great Wall, and even went to a rice wine tasting!!! Not only are the classes amazingly effective, but the activities are plenty and so fun!
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I also love the staff who obviously love what they do, and they have so much knowledge about China and the Beijing area! Plus, they're super sweet and fun to talk to.

I really couldn't recommend Culture Yard enough. If you really want to learn Chinese, have fun doing so with really awesome, interesting classmates, and study in a really cool traditional Chinese courtyard, then this is for you.